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This was a popular option on the larger Pluckebaums of this era. Typical installation was 3 of the base 3208 Naturally asperated Cat engines. These engines were/are so lightly stressed that their life is almost unlimited. They are one of the smoothest diesels ever built and start instantly. The same length boats were also equipped with twins of higher HP configurations that provided similar performance.

Three of them would push a 65 footer about 20 miles per hour. Many economy minded owners cruised on only the center engine. The commercial trade loved them.

Pluckebaums are probably the finest houseboat ever built. Styling is timeless, performance is great and maintenance is less than on almost any other houseboat.

I have seen only seen a few of them listed with 3 diesels. I am fine with redoing an interior as long as the shell and engines run fine. This price seems a bit high, but somewhat the norm for the Pluckebaums. There are a couple of early 70's out there for under $150k, but I imagine they might need a bit of work.

My issue in buying a bigger boat is having a place to dock it. Where I live, we only have one marina that can really accomodate a boat of that size. They are getting tight on space and that would eat up a bunch of it.

I might be wrong but that looks a lot like the boat Dave Thomas owned ( founder of Wendy's) After he passed it was brokered through Washington Marine ( about 2003 ) The wife and I looked at it back when we considered living aboard a houseboat. The nice thing also about a 3rd engine is criusing range, you can shut down the port & starboard and run just the mid engine to stretch your range.